Kate Garraway's Life Stories

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Kate Garraway's Life Stories (formerly known as Piers Morgan's Life Stories until 2021) is a British television chat show on ITV, presented by Kate Garraway and was formerly presented by Piers Morgan. Recorded in front of a studio audience, each episode is devoted to one celebrity guest. Episodes are filmed at Television Centre (although they were previously made at Teddington Studios and The London Studios) between one and two weeks before being broadcast on television. On 21 October 2021, it was confirmed that Morgan was leaving the show and would be replaced by Kate Garraway, his final guest.[1]

Kate Garraway's Life Stories
GenreTalk show
Created byPiers Morgan
Directed byPaul Kirrage
Anna Edwinson
Jamie Batten
Presented byKate Garraway
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series21
No. of episodes109
Production
ProducersJeremy Phillips
Yvonne Alexander
Production locationsThe London Studios (2010—17)
Teddington Studios (2010–11)
Television Centre (2009, 2013, 2019—2023)
Running time60–90 minutes (including adverts)
Production companyMultistory Media
Original release
NetworkITV
Release22 February 2009 (2009-02-22) –
16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)
Related
The Dark Side of Fame with Piers Morgan
John Bishop: In Conversation With...

Episode guide

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Transmissions

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Series Start date End date Episodes
1 22 February 2009 5 April 2009 6
2 10 October 2009 14 November 2009 6
3 14 February 2010 10 April 2010 7
4 9 October 2010 27 November 2010 7
5 16 April 2011 21 May 2011 6
6 29 October 2011 24 December 2011 5
7 13 April 2012 25 May 2012 7
8 14 September 2012 26 October 2012 6
9 22 February 2013 5 April 2013 6
10 20 September 2013 1 November 2013 6
11 3 January 2014 14 February 2014 7
12 5 September 2014 19 September 2014 3
13 4 September 2015 11 December 2015 6
14 3 February 2017 24 February 2017 4
15 23 October 2017 10 March 2018 4
16 25 May 2019 22 June 2019 5
17[2] 5 September 2020 25 October 2020 3
18 11 February 2021 18 March 2021 5
19 30 May 2021 5 December 2021 4
20 3 February 2022 17 February 2022 3
21 2 August 2023 16 August 2023 3

Series 1

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# Index Guest Date
11Sharon Osbourne22 February 2009 (2009-02-22)
22Richard Branson1 March 2009 (2009-03-01)
33Katie Price8 March 2009 (2009-03-08)
44Sheila Hancock15 March 2009 (2009-03-15)
55Ulrika Jonsson29 March 2009 (2009-03-29)
66Richard Madeley5 April 2009 (2009-04-05)

Series 2

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# Index Guest Date
71Cilla Black10 October 2009 (2009-10-10)
82Boris Becker17 October 2009 (2009-10-17)
93Katherine Jenkins24 October 2009 (2009-10-24)
104Dannii Minogue31 October 2009 (2009-10-31)
115Ronnie Corbett7 November 2009 (2009-11-07)
126Vinnie Jones14 November 2009 (2009-11-14)

Series 3

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# Index Guest Date
131Gordon Brown14 February 2010 (2010-02-14)
142Simon Cowell6 March 2010 (2010-03-06)
153Kym Marsh13 March 2010 (2010-03-13)
164Bruce Forsyth20 March 2010 (2010-03-20)
175Joan Collins27 March 2010 (2010-03-27)
186Geri Halliwell3 April 2010 (2010-04-03)
197Michael Winner10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)

Series 4

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# Index Guest Date
201Barbara Windsor9 October 2010 (2010-10-09)
212Russell Watson16 October 2010 (2010-10-16)
223Cheryl Cole23 October 2010 (2010-10-23)
234Rod Stewart30 October 2010 (2010-10-30)
245Susan Boyle6 November 2010 (2010-11-06)
256Kelly Osbourne20 November 2010 (2010-11-20)
267Elton John27 November 2010 (2010-11-27)

Series 5

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# Index Guest Date
271Russell Brand16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)
282Patsy Palmer23 April 2011 (2011-04-23)
293Ann Widdecombe30 April 2011 (2011-04-30)
304David Hasselhoff7 May 2011 (2011-05-07)
315John Prescott14 May 2011 (2011-05-14)
326Des O'Connor21 May 2011 (2011-05-21)

Series 6

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# Index Guest Date
331James Corden29 October 2011 (2011-10-29)
342Rolf Harris5 November 2011 (2011-11-05)
353Paul Gascoigne12 November 2011 (2011-11-12)
364Peter Andre10 December 2011 (2011-12-10)
375Donny Osmond24 December 2011 (2011-12-24)

Series 7

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# Index Guest Date
381William Roache13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)
392Frank Bruno20 April 2012 (2012-04-20)
403Carol Vorderman27 April 2012 (2012-04-27)
414Jason Donovan4 May 2012 (2012-05-04)
425Dennis Waterman11 May 2012 (2012-05-11)
436Lulu18 May 2012 (2012-05-18)
447Jimmy Tarbuck25 May 2012 (2012-05-25)

Series 8

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# Index Guest Date
451Roger Moore14 September 2012 (2012-09-14)
462Kelly Holmes21 September 2012 (2012-09-21)
473Denise Welch28 September 2012 (2012-09-28)
484Ronan Keating5 October 2012 (2012-10-05)
495Felicity Kendal19 October 2012 (2012-10-19)
506Burt Reynolds26 October 2012 (2012-10-26)

Series 9

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# Index Guest Date
511Esther Rantzen22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)
522Lorraine Kelly1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)
533Jayne Torvill
Christopher Dean
8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)
544Bruno Tonioli15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
555Britt Ekland29 March 2013 (2013-03-29)
566Karren Brady5 April 2013 (2013-04-05)

Series 10

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# Index Guest Date
571Julie Goodyear20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)
582Gloria Hunniford27 September 2013 (2013-09-27)
593Brian Blessed4 October 2013 (2013-10-04)
604Julian Clary18 October 2013 (2013-10-18)
615Pete Waterman25 October 2013 (2013-10-25)
626Michael Flatley1 November 2013 (2013-11-01)

Series 11

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# Index Guest Date
631June Brown3 January 2014 (2014-01-03)
642Mary Berry10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)
653Neil Morrissey17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)
664Beverley Callard24 January 2014 (2014-01-24)
675Martin Kemp31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)
686Tony Blackburn7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)
697Ian Botham14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)

Series 12

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# Index Guest Date
701Alesha Dixon5 September 2014 (2014-09-05)
712Andrew Flintoff12 September 2014 (2014-09-12)
723Bear Grylls19 September 2014 (2014-09-19)

Series 13

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# Index Guest Date
731Lionel Richie4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
742Mo Farah11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)
753John Lydon25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
764Warwick Davis16 October 2015 (2015-10-16)
775Raquel Welch6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
786Timothy West11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)

Series 14

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# Index Title Date
791Barry Gibb3 February 2017 (2017-02-03)
802Nigel Havers10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)
813Boy George17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
824Nigel Farage[3]24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)

Series 15

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# Index Title Date
831Kim Cattrall23 October 2017 (2017-10-23)
842Caitlyn Jenner[4]4 January 2018 (2018-01-04)
853Pamela Anderson3 March 2018 (2018-03-03)
864Jim Davidson10 March 2018 (2018-03-10)

Series 16

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# Index Title Date
871Mel B25 May 2019 (2019-05-25)
882Michael Parkinson1 June 2019 (2019-06-01)
893Michael Barrymore8 June 2019 (2019-06-08)
904Harry Redknapp15 June 2019 (2019-06-15)
915Alan Sugar22 June 2019 (2019-06-22)

Series 17

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# Index Title Date
921Vinnie Jones5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)
932Tom Moore[2]13 September 2020 (2020-09-13)
943Cliff Richard[5]25 October 2020 (2020-10-25)

Series 18

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# Index Title Date
951Gemma Collins11 February 2021 (2021-02-11)
962Chris Eubank18 February 2021 (2021-02-18)
973Trisha Goddard25 February 2021 (2021-02-25)
984Rupert Everett4 March 2021 (2021-03-04)
995Coleen Nolan18 March 2021 (2021-03-18)

Series 19

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  • Piers Morgan’s final series as host.
# Index Title Date
1001Piers Morgan's 100 Life Stories30 May 2021 (2021-05-30)
1012Keir Starmer1 June 2021 (2021-06-01)
1023Joan Collins20 June 2021 (2021-06-20)
1034Kate Garraway5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)

Series 20

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  • Kate Garraway’s first series as host.
# Index Title Date
1041John Barnes3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
1052Nadiya Hussain10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
1063Charlotte Church17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)

Series 21

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# Index Title Date
1071Anton Du Beke2 August 2023 (2023-08-02)
1082Ruby Wax[6]9 August 2023 (2023-08-09)
1093Omid Djalili[7]16 August 2023 (2023-08-16)

Special episodes

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Three special episodes with Sir Cliff Richard, Lord Lloyd-Webber and Lord Sugar have aired.

References

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  1. ^ "Piers Morgan's Life Stories gets new host as he quits show". Digital Spy. 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Piers Morgan's Life Stories returns with two specials". Press Centre. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Piers Morgan to interview Nigel Farage for Life Stories". Digital Spy. 16 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Piers clashes with Caitlyn Jenner in awkward interview". Digital Spy. 10 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Piers Morgan's Life Stories Episode 1".
  6. ^ "Kate Garraway's Life Stories". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Kate Garraway's Life Stories". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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